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Water Conservation Brochures
Glendale is a member of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association (AMWUA), which is comprised of nine Valley cities and towns. AMWUA has several water conservation and xeriscape booklets that are available free of charge through the member cities. In addition, the Glendale Water Conservation Office provides several additional informational brochures. These materials are provided to all homeowners who participate in the rebate programs or anyone that attends Glendale’s free landscape classes. They also can be found in the display rack at the north entrance of the Glendale Main Library and mailed upon request by completing the on-line form at the bottom of this page.
Available brochures:
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Landscape Plants for the Arizona Desert: A Guide to Growing Plants
More Than 200 Low-Water-Use Plants –
This colorful brochure has information on more than 200 low-water-use trees, shrubs, groundcovers, vines and accents. The plants are listed by common and botanical names in an easy-to-read chart.
The chart lists such things as the plant’s height and width, flower season, flower color, cold weather hardiness, growth rate and more. |
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Xeriscape: Landscaping with Style in the Arizona Desert –
A step-by-step guide for planting, installing and caring for low-water use landscapes. Several colorful pages with many different ideas and examples of Xeriscapes. |
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Landscape Watering by the Numbers –
As a guide for watering in the Arizona Desert, this easy-to-follow brochure will provide you with the information on how to water efficiently, maintain healthy plants and save water throughout the year. |
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The Complete Guide to Home Water Management –
Are you using a lot of water? This brochure acts as a tool for conducting a home water audit and as a guide to help you become familiar with water conservation possibilities for your home. |
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Tales from the Garden –
Over time a garden takes on a variety of shapes and forms, touching people’s lives in very interesting ways. Tale of the Garden is designed to tell stories of just a few of the 1,000 plants found at the Glendale Xeriscape Botanical Garden.
CLICK HERE to download an online version. (PDF) |
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Safeguarding Our Drinking Water from Landscape Irrigation Systems —
This Glendale brochure gives illustrations of various types of vacuum breaker assemblies and the code requirements for their installation. A vacuum breaker assembly should be installed as part of your landscape irrigation system. Glendale requires a permit for installing a vacuum breaker.
CLICK HERE to download an online version. (PDF) |
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Good Reasons to Take Out Your Grass —
Would you prefer lower water bills and less yard work to
worry about? Do you have an old, tired lawn that seems to
require more and more effort to maintain? Is the only time
you walk on your lawn when you mow it? If you answered
yes to any of these questions, you may want to consider
making the switch to water-saving Xeriscape.
CLICK HERE to download an online version. (PDF)
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